Participated · Series D · Jun 2025

Clearspeed develops proprietary voice analytics that identify potential risk in speech using vocal characteristics universal to humans, enabling faster decisions in high‑stakes environments. The technology was initially developed for the U.S. Department of Defense and is now used commercially by insurers, financial institutions, and government agencies. Clearspeed supports over 60 languages and is deployed in 37 countries, and the company has won more than 25 industry awards. In insurance use cases the company reports more than 30x ROI, halving claims handling time and increasing immediate payments to customers by 40%. Government customers have seen a 95% reduction in vetting cycle time and a 65% drop in investigation costs. Clearspeed says it will double down on government, defense, insurance, and banking markets, expand globally, invest in teams, and accelerate product innovation. Clearspeed develops voice analytics technology that assesses security and fraud risk with high precision and accuracy. Its platform fast-tracks low-risk transactions and alerts when additional review is needed, enabling straight-through processing at scale. The company says its technology enhances existing security and fraud processes while improving customer experience and reducing costs. Clearspeed plans rapid commercial expansion, an expanded product suite, and continued development of its technology roadmap to serve the security and financial services markets. Founded in 2016 and based in San Diego, the company has raised $50 million in total funding to date. New board and investor additions are intended to support its commercial and product growth.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

SiFi develops cloud software that lets finance teams issue corporate cards, automate expense reporting, and execute vendor payments from a single dashboard. The system provides real-time visibility into outlays, enforces spending policies, and streamlines reconciliations. More than 3,500 organizations across Saudi Arabia now use the product, highlighting strong early adoption. To deepen its value proposition, the company plans to layer additional finance workflows and enhance AI-driven features for analytics and policy enforcement. Management’s stated goal is to evolve into a full-suite finance-management platform. Following its latest fund-raise, SiFi’s cumulative capital stands at over $34 million, giving it resources to accelerate product development and regional expansion. Revenue figures were not disclosed in the article.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2023

Rebellyous Foods is a Seattle, WA-based food manufacturing technology company that makes plant-based meat products designed to compete on price with traditional chicken. The company is led by founder and CEO Christie Lagally. It raised $9.5M in equity funding and intends to use the proceeds to build its production technology. Rebellyous’s products are currently sold in more than 1,000 retail locations and supplied to over 100 school districts across the U.S. The articles do not disclose revenue or prior funding rounds. Rebellyous Foods develops plant-based chicken nuggets made from a blend of wheat, soy and other plant ingredients. The company engineers its own manufacturing equipment at a small West Seattle production facility and initially targeted food-service customers such as universities, hospitals, arenas and cafeterias. COVID-19 forced a rapid pivot to consumer-packaged goods after a $6 million investment in April; the startup launched in two Seattle-area stores within two months and is now available in 16 stores across Washington and Oregon. Rebellyous has also created a school-focused “Kickin’ Nugget” that met USDA National School Lunch Program parameters and delivered an initial batch to the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. The company plans to roll out plant-based chicken tenders and patties next. Founder and CEO Christie Lagally, a former Boeing engineer, leads the business, which reports its consumer SKUs are "performing very well." Rebellyous Foods makes plant-based chicken-free nuggets, patties, and strips aimed at replacing cafeteria staples. Founded by ex-Boeing engineer Christie Lagally and formerly known as Seattle Food Tech, the company relaunched with the tagline "No harm. No fowl." It began selling its plant-based nuggets in February at prices comparable to frozen chicken nuggets and targets cafeterias such as hospitals and schools; one early client was Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. The company says its nuggets have roughly 40% less saturated fat and sodium, three times as much fiber, and are cholesterol-free, and lists wheat and soy proteins, breading, canola oil, cornstarch and seasoning among ingredients. Rebellyous has about 10 employees and currently makes food in South Seattle, with plans to expand to a larger facility as it scales production. Lagally says the team redesigned production equipment and automated operations to make products faster and less expensive, and is working on emulsification and lower-oil frying methods.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2022

Black Sheep Foods develops plant-based meats by isolating flavor molecules from animal meat, finding those molecules in plants, and reconstructing meat-like flavor, mouthfeel and richness using patent-pending technology. The company has focused on a lamb-flavored product and has grown distribution from initial restaurant trials to 44 restaurants across San Francisco and Los Angeles. It reported month-over-month sales growth of 22% and saw notable early adoption at partners such as Souvla. Black Sheep has been production-constrained at a facility able to produce 5,000 pounds per month and plans to move to a site capable of 16 million pounds per year, likely starting in Q1 2023. The company will deploy new capital into product and R&D teams as well as sales and marketing to accelerate growth. Black Sheep Foods develops plant-based versions of heritage meats and wild game, focusing on patent-pending flavor compounds that are detected in the nose rather than relying solely on mouth taste. The company has been working in R&D since 2019 to create compounds composed of pea protein and fatty acids and to optimize delivery. It launched a plant-based lamb last year through restaurant partnerships, including Souvla, and is expanding to additional Bay Area restaurants and into airline service via Souvla’s Delta first- and business-class offerings. Black Sheep says it has sold out through existing chef partners and is outperforming comparable plant-based sales metrics. The new funding is intended to help propel these products to a more mainstream audience and to support continued R&D into synthetic-biology flavors such as wild boar. Management plans to use the capital to both validate market size for lamb and further develop its flavor technology.

Participated · Convertible Note · Jan 2021

Founded in 2018, San Diego-based BlueNalu produces premium seafood directly from fish cells, eliminating the need to harvest wild fish. Its first commercial product is cell-cultivated bluefin tuna toro, which the company aims to launch through premium food-service partners once regulatory approvals are secured. The firm collaborates closely with regulators, chefs, distributors and strategic partners worldwide to build a scalable, responsible cultivated-seafood supply chain. Proceeds from the latest financing will fund U.S. and international regulatory engagement, initial commercial-launch activities and manufacturing-process optimization. BlueNalu also plans to deepen strategic partnerships across the value chain to support disciplined commercialization. Agronomics’ investment lifts its fully diluted ownership to 12.96%, giving BlueNalu a committed long-term backer with deep cellular-agriculture expertise. Although revenue figures are not yet disclosed, management positions the company as a leader in the emerging cultivated-seafood category.